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Organic Chemicals > Carboxylic Acids > Acids, Acyclic > Butyrates > Butyric Acid
Lipids > Fatty Acids > Fatty Acids, Volatile > Butyrates > Butyric Acid

Preferred term

Butyric Acid  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Acid, Butanoic
  • Butanoic Acid

Scope note

  • A four carbon acid, CH3CH2CH2COOH, with an unpleasant odor that occurs in butter and animal fat as the glycerol ester.

History note

  • 99; use BUTYRIC ACID (NM) 1981-98

In other languages

  • voihappo

    Finnish

  • acidum butyricum
  • butyrihappo
  • CH3-CH2-CH2-COOH
  • Smörsyra

    Swedish

  • Butyrsyra
  • Natriumbutyrat

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D020148

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